The ABCs of Advanced Persistent Threats

Intellectual property can be one of the most valuable possessions of a company. It can also be the most difficult to detect if it’s gone missing, until a rival company shows up with similar products or processes. Because of the complicated nature of global copyright laws, it can also be difficult to prevent companies in other countries from utilizing another company’s intellectual property once it’s been stolen.

As employees and IT professionals return from the holidays, many are doing so with 2014 New Year’s resolutions in mind. For IT pros, we hope that one of your resolutions is to bolster your organization’s security and defenses in 2014. One of the rising threats that many IT professionals should be concerned about defending against in the new year is advanced persistent threats (APTs). According to the 2014 State of the Endpoint Report, conducted by the Ponemon Institute and sponsored by Lumension, 40 percent of organizations experienced an APT attack in the last 12 months. Paul Zimski of Lumension provides an overview of many of the key terms and themes associated with APTs to prevent you from becoming one of them.

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